 hepmonaland thumb right map of hepmonaland hepmonaland is either the largest island on oerth or the smallest continent depending on which sage one speaks to this land is home to both the touv and the olman people though the latter are today largely found instead within the amedio jungle and olman islands to the west descendants of suel migrants dating back to the migrations that followed their empire empire's destruction are also known to inhabit these lands there is also an appreciable population of yuan-ti within the continent; this population is largely the result of olman olmani who centuries ago engaged in a pact with the god tlaloc hepmonaland was named for the young suel explorer of house schnai who originally discovered it among the touv it is known as melavi or the bountiful place among the olman people and the yuan-ti hepmonaland is known as xamoalatatl or home of the people the people of this land rarely leave it with the last olman olmani to heavily indulge in sailing being those groups that left for the amedio jungle over a millenium ago the suel are similarly out of the sailing habit while the touv never begun rarely stepping foot on a sailing vessel hepmonaland comes closest to the flanaess along its northwestern coast separated from the tilvanot peninsula by the tilva strait most traffic to this land as sparse as it is arrives either on this coast or the northern the northern coastline is spanned by the tropical pelisso swamp a humid and unhealthy marshland filled with carnivorous plants and giant reptilian creatures which spans over half of this shore many ships have become caught attempting to sail up the rivers that enter this swamp the forests of this continent tend to be fairly thick filled with plant and animal life for the most part the fauna of hepmonaland consists of four-legged herbivorous creatures with a number of predators which feed upon them; chiefly big cats hyenas and giant reptiles snakes are plentiful throughout the jungles as are giant insects in the northern areas among those plants common in hepmonaland but rarely seen outside it are the banyan baobab mahogany and palm trees as well as a number of flora with medicinal or toxicological properties examples of these include the bato miro pok and kola the climate of hepmonaland is fairly constant year round; warm moist and rainy even during the winter months though this land is normally considered isolated from the flanaess as a whole this is a bit of a mischaracterization trade does exist out of hepmonaland largely through the lordship of the isles who patrol and defend the tilva strait for passers-through many rare woods fruits spices and exotic flora and fauna come from the jungles of this land as well as gems and ivory small figurines sculpted or carved by the native touv or olman people are also among the trade goods collected and sent out these are all highly-praised luxury items among the nobility of the eastern flanaess becoming more prized and less known to the west 